Canvas instructors,
Hope your semester went well. To wrap up Spring 2017, please note the following:
1. If you are going to move your Spring 2017 course into a subsequent semester’s course, do NOT use the Copy this Course function. Copying creates a new course that is NOT integrated into our Banner system, meaning your students will NOT be able to access it. Instead, you will use the Export Course Content function to export, and download, the course to your computer, then you will use Import Content into this Course.
a. Follow these instructions to export your course. Keep your exported course on your computer or backup drive for safekeeping.
b. Follow these instructions to import content.
2. Course access at the end of a semester works differently in Canvas than in Blackboard. Here are the most important points:
a. You will have full access to your course until June 8 at 11:59 p.m. After that, you will only have read-only access. However, you will be able to export your course.
b. Students will have full access to your course until May 26 at 11:59 p.m. (unless you have changed the Term end date and time). After the Term end date and time passes, students will have read-only access.
c. If you want students to have full access after the Term end date and time, go into Settings, increase the Term end date and time, then check the box that says: Users can only participate in the course between these dates.
d. If you don’t want students to have any access to the course after the Term end date and time, scroll down in Settings, and check the box that says: Restrict students from viewing course after end date.
- Make sure you check the accuracy of your grades and download your Gradebook. For students who do not complete assignments by the deadline dates, manually give them zeroes in the gradebook. If you leave their grade cells blank, those missing assignments won't count against them. Canvas has a feature in the gradebook settings called Treat Ungraded as 0. If you enable it, you will get the students' true scores, but the students won't get it when they check their grades. In other words, the zeroes are only reflected in the totals in your view, not theirs.
Download your Gradebook by clicking Export – CSV File. Keep your exported Gradebook on your computer or backup drive for safekeeping.
4. If you haven’t requested your Summer or Fall course(s) yet, log into Class-Web, click Menu for Faculty, and click the Canvas link at the bottom.
- Support: I will be gone May 26. Beginning the week of June 5 and finishing the week of July 31, the college will be closed on Fridays. If you need assistance, call the Canvas support line at 1-844-600-4956. I will be on vacation the week of July 3 and will also be gone July 24. We will have a new part-time support person in the Teaching and Learning Center beginning July 17.
Scott
